Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 8463

Food Poverty

Tabled: 10 October 2024
Answered: 15 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour — Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of food insecurity in (a) England and (b) the South East.

Answer

Alison McGovern
This government is committed to tackling poverty and reducing mass dependence on emergency food parcels. Statistics on the proportion of people living in food insecure households at regional level are published annually in the Households Below Average Inc...
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